Buys of the week

[Eric]

Well.. here is my buy of the week... been a while since I've bought anything coin op
And I have wanted one of these ever since I saw one at the Chicago Coin Op show a couple years ago.
It's a 5 cent Tom's Peanut Vending machine in good shape with some obvious surface rust but nothing deep or serious.
Looking into having legs made.

The locks have "WFX" on them... no numbers... so by chance anyone who knows of keys or who may have some that
would be awesome. Would like to try and find keys for the locks before I drill them out and have to replace them.

A Big "Thank You" to Joey for getting this picked up, delivering it and well... paying for it... I hope we can work this same deal
on the next find (And believe me... I'm looking!!!!!)

Anyone finding anything else please add on to the post....

[Tulsa Time]

Nice score of a great looking machine!

I chased a Cavalier 55 at an auction yesterday but came up empty.  It wasn't cooling and had no key and sold for $525!!

[Slapshot42]

Great Find one of my favorite machines !

I can measure the legs on mine if that helps?  As far as the locks I drilled mine out with a 1/8" drill bit and replaced it with a $4 cabinet lock from Home Depot.

Maybe you'll find some treasures in the lower storage compartment!  I found an old Toms Peanut Plank box with tons of 1950's currency .

[HowDueYouDue]

Awesome addition. Congrats

[Eric]

A box of money inside would be nice.... though I didn't hear anything sliding around... I'm hoping for a date stamp inside.
I talked with Jim this morning he's sent me some images of the legs and getting me dimensions.
Thanks for the offer. I'm turning into a Tom's collector... I've bought 2 cabinets and 3 jars in the past 2 years.
I'm old enough to remember getting crackers out of these at the service station when my parents were getting
work done or tires changed on the car. the machine was wider but I liked the look of this little one.

What I've done now is slide it into the dinning room corner and told my wife I'm waiting to get legs made before I take it
downstairs... Now as many of you know it'll be months (years)  before that happens.. and the plan is it will become common
to see it in there and once I do have the legs done... It won't look right not being there... I think this will work...

[mygoose101]

On the Tom's Vending machine, I have seen those around for years while searching for soda machines, seen a couple in person but I have never seen one with product in it. How does it vend. In looking through the glass window there are no dividers as far as vertical so I've always been curious.

[ld26]

nice grab Eric! cool looking machine

[davethebirdman]

Well done...

Always wanted one of these. There was one on eBay in Germany a few months ago. He wouldn't ship and even considered a big road trip.. Kinda wishing I did now.

[Tulsa Time]

I grew up in the early 60's and seem to recall this machine, but I don't think it would have been a nickel then--??  Could the mechs could be modified to accept other coins in these like pop machines??

I bought a BEAUTIFUL Cavalier CS-64C back in the late 70's that had the locked portion of the mech FULL of silver dimes.  I was still in my mid-teens so my dad financed the $50 we paid for it.  He was a coin collector so I gave him the dimes--after completely dismantling the mech to get to them, didn't know about drilling locks then--so I gave them to him and we called it even.  Sure wish I still had that one . . .

[coke_and_stuff]

Eric Your Welcome! Glad I was able to get it into your hands and into your collection. Thanks for all the hard work you have invested in my project.



Joey